Web Extra: Russia Takes Ukraine’s Largest Nuke Plant
The situation in Ukraine has become more intense and scary over the past few days. Whereas it looked like Russia would tiptoe around Ukraine’s nuclear power plant, it now looks…
Web Extra: The Fed Chair Speaks
Jerome Powell testified before Congress, suggesting the Federal Reserve Board will vote for and implement an extremely small 25 basis point rate hike later this month.
Ruble or Rubble?
Lot’s happened the past few days. Mike looks at Russia, the Ruble, equity, and commodity prices and shares his perspective.
Any Stock Can Get “Rekt” in a Bear Market: EPAM & Oil
In bull markets, investors take bad news in stride and a yawn. In bear markets, investors become hypersensitive to bad news. They react swiftly and decisively, thaki9ng share prices down,…
The Week Ahead
The Ukraine Conflict will remain on the top of investors minds. The real news will be the economic outlook and Fed policy expectations presented by the FED Chair Powell’s at…
A Few Facts About Ukraine
The picture shown is Kyiv, a city just like the one you might live in. Most people in the western world know little about the Eastern European / once Soviet…
Open Interest: Hedging War in Eastern Europe
War heats up in Ukraine, tossing markets into turmoil. Many popular market averages open the days trading down 2 to 3% on Thursdays, then putting a considerable rebound closing the…
Open Interest: Mike Discusses Russia v. Ukraine and Earnings
Russia / Ukraine concerns continue to propel above-average options volumes in several areas including $RSX & $WEAT
Web Extra: Russia, Ukraine and More
The dustup that could turn to a hot war in Ukraine is creating some heightened options activity in $RSX, the ETF that tracks stocks domiciled in Russia.
The Week Ahead | 2/22/2022
Global Spotlight Russia-Ukraine tensions soar even higher as Donbas separatists evacuate civilians. Russia-Ukraine tensions will continue to climb next week as the Russian-occupied Donbas separatist republics evacuate their territory and repeat…